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Adeline Violas

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Philihellenic Gypsy
Juneau, Alaska
Absolutely ordinary; secretly subversive. At times, I help humpbacks hide from stalkers. I forge agreements with the neighborhood bears. Convicted lifers seek my good side. Children far and wide recognize my fires.
Friday, April 5
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: Luis Alberto Urrea TBALuís Alberto Urrea • Sonya Larson

10:15am EDT

1H: First Impressions: How to Hook an Agent or Editor with Your Opening Pages Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmaryah Orenstein

11:45am EDT

2I: Don't Throw the Book Out With the Bathwater: On Dramatically Reenvisioning Your Manuscript White Hill Room - 4th FloorMira Jacob • Celeste Ng

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3C: The Trouble with BackstoryFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorKatherine Sherbrooke

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4J: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Ayesha Pande

5:30pm EDT

The Aevitas Shop Talk Happy Hour TBA

6:45pm EDT

Spitballing...Returns! Berkeley/Clarendon - Mezzanine LevelMichelle Seaton • Sari Boren • Sean Van Deuren • Celeste Ng • Whitney Scharer • Ron MacLean
 
Saturday, April 6
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: Stacey D'Erasmo on Writing in a Time of Upheaval TBAStacey D'Erasmo

10:30am EDT

5D: Demystifying Publishing DealsFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorMarisa Corvisiero 5J: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a CrockFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorSteve Almond

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

1:00pm EDT

6F: The Big Q’s: What to Ask Prospective Agents Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmy Bishop

2:30pm EDT

Break TBA

3:00pm EDT

7K: Thrusting Swords and Quivering Orchids: How Not to Write Sex Scenes Newbury Room - 4th FloorChip Cheek • Whitney Scharer

4:30pm EDT

8B: Super-Powered Storytelling Tremont Room - 4th FloorBenjamin Percy

5:30pm EDT

Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour TBA
 
Sunday, April 7
 

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9H: She's Terrible, and I Love Her: On "Unlikable" Female Characters White Hill Room - 4th FloorKelly J. Ford • Michelle Hoover

11:30am EDT

10C: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Serene Hakim • Steve Macone • Kiana Nguyen • Steve Woodward

1:00pm EDT

Marketplace Keynote: “Writing While Working” TBARani Neutill • Mira Jacob • Daniel José Older • Rebecca Makkai • Maurice Carlos Ruffin